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A Critical Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming
Citation:
Lyle-Gonga, Marsha. 2013. “A Critical Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming.” Politics & Gender 9 (02): 209–13. doi:10.1017/S1743923X13000056.
Author: Marsha Lyle-Gonga
Abstract:
By definition, gender mainstreaming is the process by which a gendered perspective (male and female) is integrated into the fabric of our communities, institutions, and lives (United Nations 1997). We live in a society defined by our values of equality, social justice, and opportunity. In order for these values to permeate into our everyday lives, we must address issues of “separateness” that still seem to prevail in our institutions, particularly in our political science curricula. Di Stefano (1997, 204) presented gender as “a socially constructed and politically enforced notion of what it means to be male or female” and argues that this gendered lens is “political because it has the power to impose meaning and value to our activities and social relationships.”
Topics: Education, Gender Mainstreaming
Year: 2013
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